摘要：This paper focuses on the reconstruction of female selfhood through Murdoch’s elaboration of the multiple ways that the women use to integrate their female self by reconciliating with the real world. It interprets and redefines “self”, the core concept of Murdoch’s philosophy. Furthermore, it explores the way for the woman to bring the life back to the real world and reconcile with the contingency in life in the novel. It points out that the various ways that the female characters adopt to survive their plights lead them to different destinations that aren’t always the places where they want to be, which is precisely the focus of Murdoch’s philosophy that how the female could join the human race with a complete self and how they could approach the Good.
关键词：Iris Murdoch; The Good Apprentice; reconciliation; female self
